Overview
- Belal Muhammad and Ian Machado Garry meet today in Doha in a bout widely framed as a welterweight title eliminator on the UFC Qatar card.
- FanDuel lists Garry at -265 and Muhammad at +210, with multiple analysts forecasting a Garry win based on range striking and takedown defense.
- Garry says a victory makes him next for a shot at new champion Islam Makhachev and has floated sharpening his wrestling in Georgia to prepare for that matchup.
- Muhammad has drawn heavy criticism after a viral interview comment comparing training with a 17-year-old to the “Epstein files,” which he used while praising his young partners.
- After previously resisting a matchup with former training partner Makhachev, Muhammad now signals openness to that fight if he reenters contention, following Makhachev’s dominant UFC 322 win over Jack Della Maddalena.